The autonomy of biological individuals and artificial models |
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Authors: | Moreno Alvaro Etxeberria Arantza Umerez Jon |
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Institution: | Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of the Basque Country UPV-EHU Tolosa hirib.70//E-20018 Donostia, Spain. alvaro.moreno@ehu.es |
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Abstract: | This paper aims to offer an overview of the meaning of autonomy for biological individuals and artificial models rooted in a specific perspective that pays attention to the historical and structural aspects of its origins and evolution. Taking autopoiesis and the recursivity characteristic of its circular logic as a starting point, we depart from some of its consequences to claim that the theory of autonomy should also take into account historical and structural features. Autonomy should not be considered only in internal or constitutive terms, the largely neglected interactive aspects stemming from it should be equally addressed. Artificial models contribute to get a better understanding of the role of autonomy for life and the varieties of its organization and phenomenological diversity. |
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Keywords: | Agency Biological organization Cognition Function Integration Self-organization |
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